Earth science uncc 1101 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Antarctic Circle - 66.5 degrees south latitude Aphelion - point in a planet's orbit that is farthest from the sun Arctic Circle - 66.5 degrees North atmosphere - A gaseous shell that surrounds Earth. Biosphere - the part of Earth where life exists Cartography - The science of making maps conformal map projection - corrects the relative shape of landmasses distorts the size of landmasses lines of long/latitude are at right angles Example: Mercator Contours - Isolines that connect point...